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Calverton pickle works train wreck remembered as 100th anniversary nears

Summary by RiverheadLOCAL
The quiet stretch of track just past Long Island Railroad mile marker 69 in Calverton, west of the Edwards Avenue crossing, gives little hint of what happened there on a stormy Friday evening in August 1926, when a luxury express carrying more than 300 people left the rails at full speed and tore through a pickle factory beside the line. According to news accounts at the time… Source
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RiverheadLOCAL broke the news in on Monday, December 1, 2025.
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